"Civil Rights opened the windows. When you open the windows, it does not mean that everybody will get through. We must create our own opportunities."

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Source : "Civil Rights Commission Chair Highlights Celebration of Martin Luther King's Life". newsinfo.iu.edu. January 15, 2002.

Mary Frances Berry

#Mean Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Rights Quotes

“I am convinced that any feeling of exaltation because we have people under us should be conquered, for I am sure that if we enjoy being over people, there will be something in our manner which will make them dislike being under us.”
“Habits are to the soul what the veins and arteries are to the blood, the courses in which it moves”
“We are product of neither nature nor nurture; we are a product of choice, because there is always a space between stimulus and response. As we wisely exercise our power to choose based on principles, the space will become larger.”
“Men take care of your responsibilities with maturity.”
“Spread love, it's the Brooklyn way.”

Source : Song: Juicy
“There may be a point in your life in which you are drowning so fast and fighting it so furiously that you don't have the strength left to call out for help. At that point don't expect one of your friends to jump into the water, if you've spent most of your life instructing them to mind their own business.”
“Take the lowest place, and you shall reach the highest.”
“Let no man grumble when his friends fall off, As they will do like leaves at the first breeze; When your affairs come round, one way or t'other, Go to the coffee house, and take another.”

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